The teenager who died in the submarine was “terrified” and only made the trip to please his father

After meeting the fatal outcome of the missing Titana “catastrophic implosion” with no survivorsthey begin to come to light personal stories of five crew members deceased, like the one of the Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and her son, Suleman, who were on board the submersible along with the owner of the OceanGate company, a British explorer and a French expert on the Titanic.

All they signed a document in which they assumed the risk of dying, in exchange for living the unique experience of poer see the remains of the mythical ocean liner that sunk more than a century ago.

Now we know that Suleman Dawood, a 19-year-old British university student, was the most afraid of to embark on this dangerous adventure, and that He did it out of love for his father, and his obsession with the Titanic.

Has been the young man’s aunt and sister of the Pakistani businessmanwho has revealed that his nephew traveled to the historic underwater site to please his father.

“I’m thinking of Suleman, who was 19, in there, maybe out of breath… It’s been paralyzing, to be honest.” lamented Azmeh Dawood in statements to the American network NBC, from his residence in Amsterdam:

To the woman He was not surprised when his brother, a millionaire and passionate explorer, bought the two €250,000 tickets for himself and his son. that the immersion in the Titan to the depths of the ocean cost, although she admits that “I wouldn’t have done it for all the money in the world.”

Before starting the trip, last Sunday, Shahzada shared on Instagram her excitement and “pride” to participate in the expedition. Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only crewed mission to the Titanic in 2023., I subtitle the photo that all the newspapers collect today. (…) We started sailing from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday (Friday) and we plan to start diving operations around 4 am tomorrow morning (Sunday). Until then we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do,” I added expectantly.

It just so happened that the date of the trip, June 18, is when Father’s Day is celebrated In America. And that is why Suleman, despite being “terrified” to make this trip, “because he did not feel prepared”, As he confessed to his relatives, he decided to do it to share in this way with his father such a special day for them.

The young man’s aunt now regrets the death of both, although The worst was already feared before the US Coast Guard and OceanGate announced the fate of the Titan.

“I feel like I got caught up in a really bad movie with a countdown, not knowing exactly what you were counting down”Azmeh Dawood said in the aforementioned interview. “Personally, I found it a little hard to breathe thinking about them. I never thought I would have trouble breathing. It has been unlike any experience I have have had,” he described his anguish.

Shahzada Dawood’s older sister admitted she had lost contact with him in recent years. Azmeh was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis progressive primary in 2014 and “limited to being in a wheelchair”. she had moved from England to Amsterdam for easier access to medical cannabissomething that his brother and other members of his family disapproved.

But after the tragic news, he remembered his love for his brother. “He was my little brother, I held him when he was born”, said.

The family, one of the wealthiest in Pakistan, lived in Surrey (United Kingdom).. Dawood era vice president of Engro Corporations and patron of the SETI Institute, whose mission is to explore and understand the origin of the universe. He was also a personal friend of King Charles III, as he was involved in two charities founded by the British monarch: the British Asian Trust and the Prince’s Trust International.

His son, Suleman (or Sulaiman), was studying at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Before die. His mother and now a widow, Christine, works as a coach and psychologist. She and her daughter Alina, Suleman’s sister, have been at the search site since Sunday. and they said they would wait there “as long as they could” said a source close to the Daily Mail.

In January 2019, Christine revealed that she and her husband had been involved in a crashed plane flight, during which they felt they were going to die. “My husband told me later that he was thinking about all the opportunities I had missed and how much I wanted to teach our children,” counted later.

In a statement to NBC News, Hussain and Kulsum Dawood, the parents of Azmeh and Shahzada, Suleman’s grandparents, thanked the search teams for their “tireless efforts”. and asked the public to keep his family in their prayers. “The immense love and support we receive continues to help us bear this unimaginable loss.”they expressed.

“Our hearts go out to these five souls and each member of their families during this tragic time.” says the text it collects Peoplewhere they lament “the loss of life and the joy they brought to everyone they knew.”